Lesson 45

More Verbs That Work Like Gustar

Language Transfer Complete Spanish is by Mihalis Eleftheriou. Listen to the original audio first; use these notes for revision.

Several verbs work the same way as gustar — the thing is the subject, and you use le/les (not lo):

Me parece que... = It seems to me that... (very common for expressing opinions).

Le interesaría = Would it interest him/her? (conditional of interesar).

Salir a bailar = to go out to dance (salir = movement verb → a before next verb).

Sentences practiced

Spanish	English
Nos gusta.	We like it. (it pleases us)
Le gusta.	He/she likes it.
Les gusta.	They like it.
Les gustan.	They like them.
Le gustan.	He likes them.
Me interesa.	It interests me. / I'm interested.
¿Te interesa?	Does it interest you?
¿No te interesa?	Doesn't it interest you?
¿Por qué no te interesa?	Why doesn't it interest you?
Le interesa.	It interests him/her.
Les interesa.	It interests them.
¿Le interesa bailar esta noche?	Are you (formal) interested in dancing tonight?
¿Le interesa salir a bailar esta noche?	Are you interested in going out to dance tonight?
¿Te interesaría?	Would it interest you?
Me parece.	It seems to me.
Me parece que...	It seems to me that...
Me parece que no le gusta.	It seems to me that he/she doesn't like it.
Me parece bien.	It seems fine to me.
No me parece bien.	It doesn't seem right to me.
No le parece bien.	It doesn't seem right to him/her.
¿No le parece bien?	Doesn't it seem right to him/her?
Me interesaría.	It would interest me.
Me interesaría verlo.	I would be interested in seeing it.
Quiero ponerlo aquí.	I want to put it here.
Me gustaría ponerlo aquí.	I'd like to put it here.
Quiero ponerle sal.	I want to put salt on it.
Me gustaría ponerle sal.	I'd like to put salt on it.
Me gustaría ponerle un poco más sal.	I'd like to put a little more salt on it.
Me gustaría ponerles un poco más sal.	I'd like to put a little more salt on them.